JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ Round 45

PhedraJD wrote: »

@sheilaboneham What a gorgeous puppy. Yellow lab? I have a yellow lab, and he goes to work every day that it isn’t too hot and follows him around to help.

@PhedraJD Yes, she's a yellow Lab, my 12-year-old "puppy." She was my competition partner and has titles in several dog sports and is a registered therapy dog. They're great helpers, aren't they?

Just Give Me 10 Days

5'2", Female, Serial Starter, Loss 65lbs in 6 months with MFP in 2013 (250lbs to 185lbs). Did it once, can do it again. Confident it’ll stick this time. SW: 250lbs (05/28/18), UGW: 140-150lbs

R43 SW 240.4
R44 SW 237.2
R45 SW 235.0

Goal this round: More accurate logging by cooking more during weekends. Start exercise routine probably some kind of beginners work out video on YouTube. Recommendations appreciated. Good luck everyone!

Day/Weight/Comment
6/27 235.0! Changed my logging to just putting round start weights since there’s been a difference from the last day of the previous round to the first day of the new round. Between R43 and R44 there was a -0.4lb difference. Between R44 and R45 -1.5lbs!!! I think my consistency from last round paid off even though the scale wasn’t reflecting that. I’m glad I didn’t let it mentally de-rail me. Great way to start a round!
6/28- 234.0 TWO THIRTY-FOUR! Yippee!
6/29- 234.4 Still learning to take the ups in stride. Late weigh in. Within calories yesterday but carb heavy dinner.
6/30- 235.4 Very bummed and disappointed in myself yesterday. Chick Fil A for breakfast. Pizza for dinner. Restless night with the baby. Trying to get head back in game. Up water today and planning an active day with the kids.
7/01- 234.8 Focusing on the positive: weight is down from yesterday, start of round, and since I restarted. I’m still averaging 3lb loss per week since Memorial Day. I’m doing great.
7/02- 234.2 Looks like AF is still working out the post partum schedule. Second time in less than 2 weeks. Ugh. Might explain the weight rollercoaster.
7/03- 232.4 I know the chances of this sticking isn’t likely but I took joy in stepping off/on the scale several times just to see this number pop up.
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I'm in!

06/25 - 140.6 at 5:00 a.m. I'll take it!
06/26 - 142.2 at 5:00 a.m. I can't explain this one.

Day/Weight/Comment

06/27 - 140.0 at 6:30 a.m. Sleeping in help!
06/28 - 141.0 at 4:30 a.m. Oh, the difference two hours makes!!
06/29 - 141.0 at 5:00 a.m. Fell into some real salty snacks yesterday. Pantry cleaned out now.
06/30 - 140.4 at 5:00 a.m.
07/01 - 139.8 at 4:00 a.m. ...Hello! July!!! Maybe...tee hee hee!
07/02 - 140.8 at 5:00 a.m. ...too much salt yesterday.
07/03 - 141.6 at 5:00 a.m. ...peppermint attack!
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Chris

SW-187.2 GW-145
RND 43: 182 (-5.2)
RND 44: 181.5 (-0.5)
RND 45:

Day/Weight/Comment
6/27 - 181.5: Goal again is 4lbs. Didn’t make it last round due to a gluttonous mini vaca
6/28 - NO W/IN
6/29 - NO W/IN
6/30 - 183.8: Well that’s not good! Hmmphh!
7/1 - 181.8
7/2 - 181.8
7/3 - 181.2: Back on a downward slope. Now to keep it up and not sabotage myself!
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7/6

ROUND: -(0.3)
TOTAL: -(5.7)

This is my 2nd Round.

Round 44
Start Weight: 171
End Weight : 165.8
Total Lost: 5.2 lbs

Round 45 Goal: 163 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment

6/27: Weight = 165.8 Scale hasn't moved in 3 days...Will just keep doing what I'm doing and hope for a whoosh to be coming! Completed Day 8 of The Betty Rocker 30 Day Challenge yesterday which was an Abs workout and was under in calories for the day. My hamstrings are a bit tight today so I'm going to do some stretches and get in a short shake out run before today's Day 9 workout. This group really motivated me to stay committed the last round, hoping to do the same this round!

6/28: Weight = 165.4 Well, the scale finally moved a small bit down after 4 days, but not sure it is real. I had to get on and off a couple of times before this number showed up, the numbers were all over the place. I don't want to say it is discouraging, because it just motivates me more to stay committed but it is a bit of a bummer to not see any real progress so far this week. Exercise and food wise, yesterday was right on target. I was right on my calorie goal, hit my macros, went for a short run, completed day 10 of my exercise challenge which was a full body workout. I didn't have any gluten, diet cokes or alcohol & drank plenty of water. I still have a lot of pain in my calves, which I am pretty sure is DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). I know those small muscle tears can retain water, so I am hopping that is the cause of the scale not going down. Today is a yoga day, thankfully! I'm also not going to have the protein powder I started using a couple of days ago, in my diet today. That's the only thing new I've added in this week, so maybe it could be the sneaky culprit

6/29 Weight = 165.4 Ugh!!! So frustrating! I don't think I have every tried to lose weight and had this happen. There had better be a huge Woosh in my future The good news is the DOMS in my calves in lessening, so hopefully the scale will start to move again. Yesterday was a good day food wise, ate according to plan, hit my calories and my macros, IF 16:8, didn't have gluten, diet coke, or alcohol, and had plenty of water. I completed day 11 of my exercise challenge which was yoga and gave my sore legs a bit of a rest. It's hot here today, for the 1st time in a week or so (upper 90's) but still going to try to get a short run in and then do my cardio workout that is scheduled. Heading to the beach early tomorrow morning for a day trip, so will have to be up even earlier to get my workout in. Dreading the swimsuit.

6/30 Weight = 165.8 so that number is back, what a surprise *sarcasm* I bought a new scale yesterday and did a side by side weigh in and was .5 lbs higher on the new scale. This morning's weigh-in in on the new scale, so it would've been 165.3 on the old scale, which would've been a tiny loss. It is what it is. I ran yesterday outside in the hot hot heat, did my day 12 challenge which was cardio blast (jump squats and push ups ladders) and ate within my calories and macros + had a glass and half of red wine. I'm going to up my calories a little bit this upcoming week and see if that shakes anything up on the scale. Will I ever get out of the 165's??????? Headed to the beach now, and will have to really work hard to stay within my goals today food wise. Have a great Saturday everyone!

7/01 Weight = 165.6 (new scale) Had a great day at the beach yesterday! I had a juice smoothie before we left and then tried to make the smartest food choices I could, based on what the options were. Lunch was from a beach shack, so ZERO healthy options. I had a cheeseburger/no bun, just the patty. Dinner was an Italian restaurant so I ordered two appetizers as my main course which were 2 meatballs and sauteed broccoli with garlic. I avoided all beach snacks but did enjoy a Margarita with dinner, made "Italian style" with Amaretto added in, so probably loaded with calories but so delicious after a hot day at the beach. We got home around 9:30 last night but I still made myself complete my day 13 exercise challenge, which was Pilates, so not too strenuous. I definitely didn't drink my usual amount of water yesterday and it is going to be a record high here today, so going to be getting in lots and lots of water today. Happy July everyone!

7/02 Weight = 165.1 YES!!!!!! Thrilled with this number Finally some movement on the scale. My goal for this round was to be in the 163s but that's probably not happening after last week's plateau, I'll just be happy to be out of these horrible 165s. Yesterday was miserably & uncharacteristically hot. I put off doing my workout until later hoping the heat would lessen (we don't have AC downstairs, only window units upstairs in bedrooms) but at 9:30 p.m. it was still 91 degrees/103 with heat index, so I had to bite the bullet and just get it done. So day 14 of my exercise challenge was completed, it was an Upper Body workout. Super hot here again today and the scheduled workout is a Full Body Tabata style, it is going to be hard but I will get it done. Going to get in a lot of water and be super careful of my food choices today, I want to see 165 gone tomorrow when I get in the scale.

7/03 Weight = 164.0 SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!! Good-bye 165's and may I NEVER see you again! Although, this could just be a water weight loss due to all the buckets of sweat that I sweated yesterday in an un-air conditioned house. I completed my day 15 workout at 7 pm in my living room when the temp had finally dropped to about 90 degrees, because who doesn't want to do an intense Tabata workout in a sauna and then immediately went into the even hotter kitchen and cooked dinner, which was a stir-fry, so I had to stand over a hot stove for 15 minutes...madness! Hopefully the loss will stick around, but if it bumps up a little no worries, I 'll get there. My new scale has all these bells and whistles and one is showing body fat percentage and muscle mass. Not sure if these are accurate or not but the body fat number has gone down and the muscle mass is going up. Tomorrow is measurement day, excited to see what if any proof that actual changes are going on.

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Day/Weight/Comment
6/27 117.4
6/28117.2 Had a migraine and ate fast food, but getting back on track!
6/29 118.2 More fast food and no exercise.
6/30 116.6
7/01 117.4
7/02 116.8
7/03 117.2 Feeling bloaty today
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Female, Age 51
5'5"
Round 45
SW 171
GW 136
Prior Rounds 43 SW 168 (-2.4)
44 SW 165.6 (-2.2)
45 SW 163.4
weight goal for this round 160.5
log every day

6/27 163.4 I set an aggressive goal weight for this round, but I believe I can reach it if I continue the course.

6/28 162.6 I cannot wait until I am freed up to get on my bike or at least go walk the dogs. It has been a long 10 days. On the bright side I feel I am getting a better grasp on my eating, and I haven't binged this week. I am biting my tongue about my husband's In and Out burgers, donuts and fat boy ice cream sandwiches, abstaining, and letting him make his own choices without piping in. This has always been challenging for me unless we are both on the downward trajectory as far as weight.

6/29 163.0 I can't begin to explain the series of events that led to banana split and potato chips after dinner. I can only say that the stress of caregiving for my mom for the past 2 weeks added to the ever present worry about my 16 year old son has caught up with me and something gave. I was either going to get drunk or eat ice cream, and there we go. I expect to see another step up on the scale tomorrow as a delayed effect of last night's binge.

6/30 161.8 My goal for this round is in reach! I am looking so forward to getting out of the 160's, and resolve never to go there again! I was looking at the before and after success thread last night and how inspiring it is to see how so many people are able to take conttol of their eating and moving and reshape their bodies. I am super stoked to have found this platform and community.

7/01 163.5 Just another reminder that our weight will reflect the result of what we eat, duh. Last night I had a heavy carb dinner, indulging in extra bread and paella, not really too ar over my calories but enough to cause this immediate feedback. It was worth it though, because it is a lifelong change I am making. Better choices day at a time for the rest of my life, leaving room to indulge and then getting back on track.

7/02 WEIGH IN DAY 162.8 Kinda bummed that I am only .2 lbs down from my last weekly weigh in, but looking back at my week I did indulge in ice cream and extra carbs, defiitely making some choices that reflect on the scale. Well, better a small loss than any gain! Goals for this week are more water, more moving and getting my parents back to their own house!

7/03 163.5 you play you pay

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Day/Weight/Comment
6/27 / 250.0 / The scale was dancing between 248.8 and 250. Great way to start this round
6/28 / 250.0 / I did not get enough sleep last night. Funny how that makes a difference with weight loss.
6/29 / 249.8 / I’m back to excruciatingly slow.
6/30 / 248.8/
7/01 / 249.8 /
7/02 / 249.6 /
7/03 / 249.8 /
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Work deadline & busy weekend got in the way of posting ~ weighed every day though!

Age 60, 5'4.5" and eating in a livable way = It's. Not. A. Diet. I eat back exercise calories, or I would be starving and cranky. Hubby does not like cranky me. Changed MFP setting 5/5/18 [R39] to 1/2# per week loss ~ within 10# of UGW, weight loss had stalled 3 months + was feeling hungry more often.
MFP SW 195 ~ Goals: #1 = 150 / #2 = 145 [normal BMI] / #3 = maintain 140 - 145 / no goal dates ~ I get there when I get there
Thrilled with my 2/15/18 annual physical: BP 110/68, pulse 64 and BMI 26.14
Ecstatic with my 5/15/18 annual workplace Health Risk Assessment: waist smallest since 2007 and BMI 25.6

My digital scale only has 1/2# increments, and I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale. Weigh first thing in morning / comments reflect prior day.
Previous round EW 155.5 LW 153.0
06/27: 155.5 Did great keeping net calories green all day, then ate small bag of mini pretzels in lounge after massage... THEN at home had snack attack of peanut M&Ms straight from the BIG bag ~ ACK!!! Think overtired got me again ~ I don't make good decisions then... 14c water anyway! Walked dog before work / 3.5 mi 1:01:24. Fitbit 14,358 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 (massage) & 36 floors.
06/28: 154.5 Net calories -299 hahaha, sodium red >1,000 oops, sugar -29 (fruit, veggies & yogurt), fiber & protein excellent & 12c water. Walked dog before work 3.53 mi 1:00:30. Fitbit 15,355 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 (boom!) & 42 floors. Totally by fluke, came across an article on the effects of lack of sleep on the body... one of the effects is a craving for junk food! Aha moment! In my case, sugar too. Good to know.
06/29: 156.0 Too.much.cheese. And peanut M&Ms. Rest day / Fitbit 8,659 steps, 250+ steps 12/14 & 35 floors.
06/30: 155.5 Net calories -44, sodium -328, sugar -16 (veggies, fruit, popeye bread, animal crackers), protein good, fiber excellent & 14c water. Walked dog before work 3.44 mi 1:00:15. Fitbit 14,400 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 (boom!) & 53 floors. Heat index hit 106 in afternoon!
07/01: 156.0 Kite fest day & food ~ guesstimated best I could ~ not enough water. Horribly hot & humid! Walked dog 2.25 mi 39:37 ~ after farmers market ~ stayed in neighborhood for shade. Fitbit 12,820 steps, 250+ steps 11/14 & 28 floors.
07/02: 157.0 Walked dog before 9am church 3:15 mi 56:21 hot & humid again! Fitbit 11,085 steps, 250+ 8/14 lazy Sunday & 23 floors. Net calories -423 ack! sodium -893, sugar -25, fiber & protein excellent, 8c water = way too low!
07/03: 156.0 Walked dog before work 3.6 mi 1:02:21 not so hot or humid. Net calories -66, sodium -604, sugar -5 (much better!), fiber & protein ok, 14c water.
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Today ~ Smile ~ Laugh ~ Be Kind ~ ~ Eat Well ~ Be Active

I am in! And hoping to do much better than Round 44. I will be traveling but not nearly what this last month was like and I am logging much better.

December 2016 SW 148#
November 2017 lowest weight 133#
Round 41 final weight 139.2#
Round 42 final weight 138.4#
Round 43 final weight 140.2#
Round 44 final weight 141.6#
Goal weight 132#

06/27 140.8# good start
06/28 137.6# 😳 that can’t be real! And I am on the road for the rest of the weekend. The first test! And then a different scale!
06/29 no scale
06/30 no scale
07/01 no scale
07/02 141.9# different home, different scale. But I am here for almost 3 weeks, let's see if I can get it together
07/03 141.4# I feel like I am going in circles. But am motivated!
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